Abiyoyo

Reading Rainbow episodes and stories can be shown through song dance. Author Pete Seeger sings this story based on a boy and his father who plot to save the townspeople from the giant Abiyoyo. This tale is based on a South African lullaby.

In Reading Rainbow DVDs like this one, LeVar reveals some of the ways a story can be told with music. Features that are incorporated in this episode include an upbeat music-video, a rap-video, a professional dance group, and computer animation accompanied by music.

Field Trip SegmentMusic Videos - LeVar introduces us to music videos and talks about how each one tells a story.ield Trip Segments.Meet Run DMC - Meet Run DMC as they rap their story to music.Meet Melody Stewart - Meet ballerina Melody Stewart as she shows us how dance expresses emotion and tells stories without words.

Feature book:Abiyoyo Author: Pete Seeger, Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Book Review:Ayu and the Perfect Moon, by David Cox;Blackberry Ink by Eve Merriam;Peter and the Wolf adapted by Sergei Prokofiev.